Start Courtland Sutton or Devaughn Vele? Week 4

Our Week 4 call

Start Devaughn Vele over Courtland Sutton in Week 4.

Market-based projections have Devaughn Vele at 9.9 points and Courtland Sutton at 9.4, a gap of 0.5. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 10.0 fantasy points for Devaughn Vele, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Devaughn Vele at 44.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 28% chance to score a touchdown (15, 12 and 17 market sources).

Player markets imply 9.4 fantasy points for Courtland Sutton, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Courtland Sutton at 39.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 29% chance to score a touchdown (15, 14 and 18 market sources).

That puts Devaughn Vele 0.5 points ahead of Courtland Sutton on the market projections.

Injury status

Devaughn Vele was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Courtland Sutton was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Usage before Week 4

Through Week 3, Devaughn Vele played 91 percent of NO snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 22 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Devaughn Vele, Week 1 against DET: 82 of 90 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 69 yards, 1 touchdown.

Devaughn Vele, Week 2 against BAL: 65 of 68 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 64 yards.

Devaughn Vele, Week 3 against LV: 65 of 74 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 39 yards.

Through Week 3, Courtland Sutton played 79 percent of DEN snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 28 percent of the air yards and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

Courtland Sutton, Week 1 against KC: 39 of 51 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards.

Courtland Sutton, Week 2 against JAX: 45 of 62 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 25 yards.

Courtland Sutton, Week 3 against LAR: 58 of 67 snaps, 7 targets and 3 catches for 46 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Devaughn Vele played 13 games for NO and scored 66.3 PPR points, 5.1 a game, finishing WR95.

He caught 25 of 39 targets for 293 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 259 air yards.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Courtland Sutton played 17 games for DEN and scored 219.7 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR13.

He caught 74 of 124 targets for 1017 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets and 795 air yards.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 4 went

Devaughn Vele scored 17.4 PPR points and Courtland Sutton scored 1.4.

The call was right: Devaughn Vele outscored Courtland Sutton by 16.0.

Devaughn Vele finished 7.5 points above the 10.0 the market projected.

Devaughn Vele, Week 4 against ATL: 66 of 74 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 54 yards, 1 touchdown, 17.4 PPR points.

Devaughn Vele finished as the week's WR15 in PPR scoring.

Courtland Sutton finished 8.0 points below the 9.4 the market projected.

Courtland Sutton, Week 4 against SF: 48 of 65 snaps, 6 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards, 1.4 PPR points.

Courtland Sutton finished as the week's WR101 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 4 calls

• Start Cam Skattebo over Devaughn Vele.
• Start Carnell Tate over Devaughn Vele.
• Start Chris Olave over Devaughn Vele.
• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Brenton Strange.
• Start Cam Skattebo over Courtland Sutton.